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Sara Braun in New York

Democrats to investigate whether DoJ withheld Epstein files on Trump abuse claim

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Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversight committee. Photograph: Shutterstock

Democrats on the House oversight and government reform committee announced on Tuesday the launch of an investigation to determine whether the US Department of Justice (DoJ) purposely withheld materials that pertain to allegations against Donald Trump in the government’s release of the Epstein files.

The lawmakers pledged to look into a report that Trump had been accused by a woman of sexually abusing her decades ago when she was a minor, and that material relating to the allegation in the Epstein files has not been released to the public.

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